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The Chicago Democratic Socialists of America are proud to announce our endorsement of Carlos Ramirez-Rosa in his run for the 4th Congressional District of Illinois.
Carlos has been a loyal comrade of CDSA for several years, and, during his time as alderman for the city’s 35th Ward, has repeatedly demonstrated that he both believes in and

by Patrick Quinn and Eric Shuster
Bill Pelz, a well-known socialist activist and prolific scholar in the field of European and comparative Labor History died at the age of 66 in Chicago on Sunday, December 10, 2017, following a heart attack. Bill was born into a working class family on the South Side of Chicago. After

On Sunday December 10, 2017, we held our best-attended general meeting yet! 142 members were physically present and 23 voted by proxy.
At the meeting, membership had the chance to review and revise the decisions made by the Executive Committee since June of this year and to hear updates from the campaigns that are ongoing in our chapter and in

https://soundcloud.com/talkin-socialism/tribute-to-tom-broderick
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Chicago DSA's Talkin’ Socialism podcast officially re-launches with a tribute to Tom Broderick. Tom was the long-time host of the podcast until he passed away last month.‬ We will miss Tom and we hope to carry on his spirit of activism & social justice. A full

By Sean Duffy | Photo by Richard Reilly
ST. LOUIS — In September before the Stockley verdict had even been passed down, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens was preparing for the fallout. Greitens readied the state’s National Guard the day before the trial concluded, stating that he was “committed to protecting everyone's constitutional right

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Over the past few weeks Chicago DSA has been collecting stories from DSA members and non-members alike about their 2016 election-night experiences, why they

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By Lucie Macias
In the year since I joined the Democratic Socialists of America, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been asked why I’m a

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By Zach Shearer
I remember feeling cold the morning after our country elected Donald Trump. It was 6 a.m. and I sat in my

Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. You know this by now, of course, but a year ago you may have thought it impossible. At the very least you had your doubts.
On November 8, 2016, some of us disconnected or went to bed early, only to wake up to a reality we feared might materialize but never thought possible. While some of us